The Tories, who selected Imtiaz Ameen as their candidate, sent out a statement on Tuesday accusing Mrs Cox of living on a houseboat in London, despite her stating she was living locally.

“She claims in many of her leaflets that she is a local candidate, but the truth is very different,” it said.

“Although having been brought up locally, Mrs Cox actually lives with her family on a houseboat at an exclusive London mooring on the Thames.

“According to the owner’s web site, fees in October 2013 were as high as £5,210 a month.”

The issue had already been brought up in our letters pages last week. A spokesman for Mrs Cox’s campaign confirmed then that she was currently living in Roberttown, although for the last few years she and her family had been living on a barge.

Yesterday the Labour Party responded to the Tories’ latest comments by suggesting the email to our papers had been sent from a Kirklees Council computer.

Labour spokesman and local election candidate Dathan Tedesco said use of council equipment for electioneering was against its rules.

Calling on the council to investigate, he added: “It is particularly nauseating when the Tories are in the process of cutting Kirklees’ budget by £152m a year.”

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